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i believe we can invoke godwin's law on lindsey graham. if you compare anything to hitler and the nazis, you immediately lose the argument. >> that is an internet thing. >> that is an internet thing. i find it overall poetic, perhaps tragically poetic, that edward snowden -- that the intelligence community was created to help us keep pace with russia or stay ahead of russia in the cold war. now edward snowden is trying to change the intelligence community and ends up running to russia for asylum. but look, on balance, compared to that period, compared to 1980 and that period, russia is a much better global citizen now than they were then, dealing with us in term of nuclear nonproliferation, sanctions against iran and north korea. going backwards in terms of our relationship and the olympics would be a horribly bad choice in terms of global politics going forward. you know what? if the shoe was on the other foot, if a russian intelligence agent ran to america, we would completely take care of that person, and they know it and we know it. so
i believe we can invoke godwin's law on lindsey graham. if you compare anything to hitler and the nazis, you immediately lose the argument. >> that is an internet thing. >> that is an internet thing. i find it overall poetic, perhaps tragically poetic, that edward snowden -- that the intelligence community was created to help us keep pace with russia or stay ahead of russia in the cold war. now edward snowden is trying to change the intelligence community and ends up running to...
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strong comments from senator lindsey graham. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >>> in orlando word news, he's been as hard to kill as rasputin, but it seems luck may have run out for al shiri. web sites clay that a u.s. drone took him out sometime after the first week of april. the thing is the u.s. already had him once. he was a prisoner at guantanamo, but then he promptly disobeyed his conditions, and they rose to number two. al shirri did manage to survive some -- >>> supporters around the world feel like they're getting the gift. according to his daughter, his health is improving. mandela has been hospitalized since last month. at one point even put on life support, but his family says he's gaining energy and strength and could go hominy day now. mandela will turn 95 tomorrow. >>> only one person in the world can keep the queen waiting and get away with it. queen elizabeth ii seasonal necessarily being shy about the fact that she's growing impatient as the countdown continues. she had a lightharded exchange with
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among the republicans involved, kelly ayotte, bob corker and lindsey graham. according to graham, it was being filibuster because we don't like the law, that's not a reason to deny the appointment. senator corker reportedly called b.s. on mitch mcconelle who complained he could have brokered a better deal. he took several of his republican colleagues to task to advance the nomination of tom perez to be secretary of labor. >> what i'm saying to my republican colleagues, i don't care what deal you cut, how can you move forward on the nomination when it refuses to comply with a subpoena. >> more now on those student loan rates. they agreed on a deal yesterday to lower the borrowing cost. it will allow undergraduates to borrow at 8.5% this fall. the new plan brings much needed relief. they're not permanent. after the 2015 academic year they'll likely be raised. in the future they'll be determined by stock market. for graduate students the cap will be 9.5%. for parents it will be 10% 5.. >>> lynn cheney descending on the state for her first campaign events yesterda
among the republicans involved, kelly ayotte, bob corker and lindsey graham. according to graham, it was being filibuster because we don't like the law, that's not a reason to deny the appointment. senator corker reportedly called b.s. on mitch mcconelle who complained he could have brokered a better deal. he took several of his republican colleagues to task to advance the nomination of tom perez to be secretary of labor. >> what i'm saying to my republican colleagues, i don't care what...
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yesterday, lindsey graham and chuck schumer both seemed -- lindsey graham is touting this idea of boy counting -- the u.s. boycotting the olympics but he threw in maybe the u.s. subbing russia for the g-20 in september. chuck schumer didn't get quite there with boycotting but he said he understood lindsey graham's frustration with russia. could you support some sort of public, you know, symbolic punishment of russia over snowden? >> well, it's not just about snowed be. i mean, i absolutely think the united states needs to start playing hard ball with the russians. because what we're seeing is, along with their obstinance on snowden, a real quick degradation of splcivil societyd the way they treat political dissentients. this place is turning into something that looks exactly like cold war russia. and, you know, we have to let them know that's not okay. i don't know that the olympics is necessarily the right place. we clearly need to send some signals to them. also they need to stop this slide essentially back into the kind of politics we got used to over the course the cold war. >> do
yesterday, lindsey graham and chuck schumer both seemed -- lindsey graham is touting this idea of boy counting -- the u.s. boycotting the olympics but he threw in maybe the u.s. subbing russia for the g-20 in september. chuck schumer didn't get quite there with boycotting but he said he understood lindsey graham's frustration with russia. could you support some sort of public, you know, symbolic punishment of russia over snowden? >> well, it's not just about snowed be. i mean, i...
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that was south carolina senator lindsey graham. let's bring in stephanie and lois and contributing writing for roll call, anthony gonzalez. gee, let me start with you. if you can go back in time would you allow adolf hitler to host the olympics? i guess we know where lindsey graham stands. >> he is frustrated. somebody like that hurts the athletes and it doesn't advance diplomatic missions but it does indicate how frustrated not just lindsey graham, your interview with senator schumer. equal frustration. >> i thought that was interesting, lois. like they said, you know what? maybe because this isn't putin's hometown. this whole olympics. it's basically a cash grab for sochi. you talk how much money this is costing. this would a real threat to the economic of russia. >> he is pulling a grenade right now. no one hat stomach for that just getting it in and everyone is talking about it and it's not the invasion of afghanistan. but, you know, there will get putin's attention. >> i want to move on, nathan. you love to talk senate politic
that was south carolina senator lindsey graham. let's bring in stephanie and lois and contributing writing for roll call, anthony gonzalez. gee, let me start with you. if you can go back in time would you allow adolf hitler to host the olympics? i guess we know where lindsey graham stands. >> he is frustrated. somebody like that hurts the athletes and it doesn't advance diplomatic missions but it does indicate how frustrated not just lindsey graham, your interview with senator schumer....
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you have a bill put together by john mccain and lindsey graham and the u.s. chamber of commerce and you're going to blame democrats? >> yeah. if chuck schumer does not accept the solution from the house, if he says that 80% is not good enough for him because he wants 100%, then it is his fault. i mean, think about this where we have come from. the republican party is actually working on immigration reform, it's working on legalization legislation, it's working on ways to deal with the young kids that are here in the united states that came here through no fault of their own. if that is not good enough for chuck schumer and the democratic party, then that means that they really don't want a solution, that all they want is the rhetoric to talk about immigration reform. you also need to remember, the president has solid majorities in the house and the senate when he was elected. he promised the hispanic people that that was the first issue he was going to work on, was immigration reform, and he did not do it. now conveniently after his re-election he's saying th
you have a bill put together by john mccain and lindsey graham and the u.s. chamber of commerce and you're going to blame democrats? >> yeah. if chuck schumer does not accept the solution from the house, if he says that 80% is not good enough for him because he wants 100%, then it is his fault. i mean, think about this where we have come from. the republican party is actually working on immigration reform, it's working on legalization legislation, it's working on ways to deal with the...
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lindsey graham is the only person who's floated this. why has it become such a big deal? >> well, it's such a sore subject for people because everyone loves the olympics and edward snowden let's face it. there's a pretty broad opinion over that guy. some people think what he did was a really great thing to expose what the government is doing in terms of surveillance of our private records. this does not meet the same level of opposition as the last time the united states boycotted an olympics which was in 1980. that was after the soviet union invaded afghanistan. not too many people could get behind that. even then, president carter's decision to pull out of the olympics was hugely controversial. widely despised so why lindsey graham would go out on a limb like this on the snowden case is puzzling. john boehner came out swiftly said he didn't approve of that. jay carney, ultimately said the same thing. i don't think lindsey graham's got lots of support there. >> bill: i don't think it's going anywhere. beth good to connect with you again. thanks so much for joining us. co
lindsey graham is the only person who's floated this. why has it become such a big deal? >> well, it's such a sore subject for people because everyone loves the olympics and edward snowden let's face it. there's a pretty broad opinion over that guy. some people think what he did was a really great thing to expose what the government is doing in terms of surveillance of our private records. this does not meet the same level of opposition as the last time the united states boycotted an...
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lindsey graham. i guess i'm curious. what do you expect to happen if it gets through the house, if we have immigration reform this year, what do you expect that to mean sort of -- we've seen two straight elections republicans have not cracked 30% or barely cracked 30% among hispanics. do you expect that to be 35%, 40%. how big a problem does this solve in your mind? >> well, we'd like to see a path to citizenship. that would be ideally what we'd like to see and between employer/employee and so we can get the economy back on track here. now, what's interesting is that a poll just came out a little bit ago and the question was, you know, would you support like marco rubio or ryan and the numbers that they got were almost similar to romney but when they changed the question, they asked him, what if i told you that marco rubio was instrumental in passing -- in reform that led a path to citizenship. it went up to 54% were more likely to -- >> you're talking about hispanic voters. >> yeah, so we have this the first poll you we
lindsey graham. i guess i'm curious. what do you expect to happen if it gets through the house, if we have immigration reform this year, what do you expect that to mean sort of -- we've seen two straight elections republicans have not cracked 30% or barely cracked 30% among hispanics. do you expect that to be 35%, 40%. how big a problem does this solve in your mind? >> well, we'd like to see a path to citizenship. that would be ideally what we'd like to see and between employer/employee...
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graham it would sort of be like if the united states was harboring a man who russia calls a terrorist ignoring calls for his extradition and ultimately granting him political asylum in the united states would do that right right. there why into two thousand and four read the headline u.s. asylum for chechen draws protest from russia quote the russian government will protest the u.s. decision to grant asylum to an exiled chechen leader considered a terrorist by the russian government. yep this is a commodity a man who russia alleges was involved in chechen terrorism he took refuge and applied for asylum in the united states in two thousand and two russia demanded he be turned over but a slew of top american government officials and members of congress ran to his defense including one man in particular senator john mccain in a two thousand and three letter to then homeland security secretary tom ridge mccain wrote i have met with mr alcott of three occasions i have found him to be a proponent of peace and human rights in chechnya. was given asylum it was put up in an apartment here in d
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and work with some people like lindsey graham. >> which "cozy up," we mean talk to. i think we allow ourselves to be hijacked by this narrative that you are cozying up to narratives if you are talking to the white house about matters of national import. >> it is not just talking. the end game for mccain is to come up with a big fiscal deal that does things that conservatives would really dislike because it would unwind part of the sequester. mccain i think cares much less about the total size of the federal budget or budget deficit than he does about spending a lot of money on the defense department. this substantive disagreement is showinggiggling over danish. while the sequester is a bad structure, i think the fact it's finally found a way to shrink the defense budget is a a good thing. if you get a mccain-style deal to replace it, it may also mean a lot more spending on the military. >> i don't know if i'm necessarily taking comfort in the stale danish coalition but i do think, melissa, i actually don't take comfort in it because what i see is that you can only ac
and work with some people like lindsey graham. >> which "cozy up," we mean talk to. i think we allow ourselves to be hijacked by this narrative that you are cozying up to narratives if you are talking to the white house about matters of national import. >> it is not just talking. the end game for mccain is to come up with a big fiscal deal that does things that conservatives would really dislike because it would unwind part of the sequester. mccain i think cares much less...
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>> this is just lindsey graham's opinion that it's a military coup. syria is about to overtake the entire region, taking jordan down, and egypt could be a failed state. >> all i talk about is sudan but we'll deal with that another night. >> denying the sale right now is probably the right thing to do. the goal is to get the military to turn the country back over to an elected government. >> that will take six to eight months at minimum. that will take a long time. >> it will. >> in the meantime, is israel just dangling and in sort of what's going on? >> israel doesn't mind us selling f-16s to egypt. we sell f-16s. we sell cadillacs to the israelis and volkswagen versions of the f-16s to the egyptians. i'd rather they buy fighter pilots from us, i'd rather their officers come to america for military training. if it weren't for our relationship with the egyptian military, this whole train would have turned sour very quickly. >> so the smartest thing would be the house and the egyptians and the president making the law. >> if egypt becomes a failed state
>> this is just lindsey graham's opinion that it's a military coup. syria is about to overtake the entire region, taking jordan down, and egypt could be a failed state. >> all i talk about is sudan but we'll deal with that another night. >> denying the sale right now is probably the right thing to do. the goal is to get the military to turn the country back over to an elected government. >> that will take six to eight months at minimum. that will take a long time....
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lindsey graham, south carolina senator, thank you very much. >> alisyn: thanks so much. we also should mention we know a colonel is being interviewed from the house. he's from africom. some of the whistle blowers said that's where they got the orders to do what happened on benghazi, to either stand down or not stand down. so maybe we'll have more answers after this closed door meeting. >> brian: that is colonel george bristol. now your fox news headlines. the video caught on surveillance video inside a police station in oregon. a teen-ager walks in, tells officers he's overdosing on mushrooms and pleads for help. suddenly he begins hallucinating and goes after the police. they tried to grab -- he tried to grab two of their guns. it took nearly a dozen officers to restrain the teen. he's facing serious charges. >> alisyn: straight from the movie "the town". a trio of crooks wore masks and used bleach to clean the check cashing store in new york before taking off with $250,000. the suspects are black, but allegedly got latex masks to make them look white. they all dressed
lindsey graham, south carolina senator, thank you very much. >> alisyn: thanks so much. we also should mention we know a colonel is being interviewed from the house. he's from africom. some of the whistle blowers said that's where they got the orders to do what happened on benghazi, to either stand down or not stand down. so maybe we'll have more answers after this closed door meeting. >> brian: that is colonel george bristol. now your fox news headlines. the video caught on...
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we have lindsey graham. let's go to that. >> i love the olympics, but i hate what the russian government is doing around the world. i don't know if putting the olympics on the table is the right answer, but i do know this, what we're doing is not working. >> it has turned into a cat fight on the republican side. john boehner will throw lindsey graham under the bus. let's hear him. >> i think he's dead wrong. why would we want to punish u.s. athletes who have been training for three years to compete in the olympics over a traitor who can't find a place to call home? >> that orange man makes a good point. why would we want to damage the reputation oh of these athletes. they have been training for three years and they had nothing to do with the leaking of the nsa information. >> cenk: or did they. >> exactly. >> cenk: there is a story about how bush started to tap the underwater cables that back in 2005, that is actually a bigger spying program that go under the water and they tap and get all the internet, all
we have lindsey graham. let's go to that. >> i love the olympics, but i hate what the russian government is doing around the world. i don't know if putting the olympics on the table is the right answer, but i do know this, what we're doing is not working. >> it has turned into a cat fight on the republican side. john boehner will throw lindsey graham under the bus. let's hear him. >> i think he's dead wrong. why would we want to punish u.s. athletes who have been training for...
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. >> we're not going to boycott the olympics, and lindsey graham is not going to achieve that. that is as ridiculous oppose teacher as putin talking to the students getting a laugh. russian matters to the united states in many ways. and we have had problems with russia on syria, and other parts of the world. and if russia is seceding from democracy, we are squaring off with russia in a number of cases in the u.n. and in my view, we're going to see putin playing with us and playing with snowden to sort of bolster his own situation. >> steve cl overemons, thank yo joining us. >>> coming up, elizabeth warren and john mccain have found something they both with believe in. i think farmers care more about the land than probably anyone else. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pass the land and water back to future generations. people should make up their own mind what's best for them. all i can say is it has worked well for us. little things anyone can do. it steals you
. >> we're not going to boycott the olympics, and lindsey graham is not going to achieve that. that is as ridiculous oppose teacher as putin talking to the students getting a laugh. russian matters to the united states in many ways. and we have had problems with russia on syria, and other parts of the world. and if russia is seceding from democracy, we are squaring off with russia in a number of cases in the u.n. and in my view, we're going to see putin playing with us and playing with...
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. >> republican senator lindsey graham says the united states should consider boycotting the games if russia gives the nsa leaker asylum. >> i love the olympics but i hate what the russian government is doing throughout the world. if they give asylum to a person who i believe has committed treason against the united states, that's taking to a new level. if you could go back in time would you have allowed adolf hitler to host the olympics in germany? >> stephen: yes, yes, good point. if you could go back in time and stop hitler from doing anything-- (laughter) >> it would surely be hosting the 1936 berlin games. (cheers and applause) no, that is without question my number one hitler related time travel fantasy. in fact, folks, i wrote a speculative fiction novel on this very subject entitled operation javelin. in which a time travelingeousie owens now trained as a sniper. goes back to the critical moment where hitler is about to sign his contract with the olympic committee, raises his life el and shoots the pen right out of hitler's hand. now obviously in the book hitler goes on to sti
. >> republican senator lindsey graham says the united states should consider boycotting the games if russia gives the nsa leaker asylum. >> i love the olympics but i hate what the russian government is doing throughout the world. if they give asylum to a person who i believe has committed treason against the united states, that's taking to a new level. if you could go back in time would you have allowed adolf hitler to host the olympics in germany? >> stephen: yes, yes, good...
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. >> we're not going to boycott the olympics, and lindsey graham is not going to achieve that. that is as ridiculous oppose teacher as putin talking to the students getting a laugh. russian matters to the united states in many ways. and we have had problems with russia on syria, and other parts of the world. and if russia is seceding from democracy, we are squaring off with russia in a number of cases in the u.n. and in my view, we're going to see putin playing with us and playing with snowden to sort of bolster his own situation. >> steve clemons, thank you for joining us. >>> coming up, elizabeth warren and john mccain have found something they both with believe in. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. >>> elizabeth warren is trying to rewrite one of congress's biggest mistakes, that is next in the rewrite. as you get older, protein is an important part of staying acti
. >> we're not going to boycott the olympics, and lindsey graham is not going to achieve that. that is as ridiculous oppose teacher as putin talking to the students getting a laugh. russian matters to the united states in many ways. and we have had problems with russia on syria, and other parts of the world. and if russia is seceding from democracy, we are squaring off with russia in a number of cases in the u.n. and in my view, we're going to see putin playing with us and playing with...
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doesn't lindsey graham have a point though? >> it's not going to happen. the united states is most unlikely unless something else disastrous in this relationship has happened to boycott the olympics. there is increasing deterioration of this relationship. president obama was going to reset the ties with russia. things are worse over the snowden saga. the olympics was one lever the administration has and the president is scheduled to go to moscow before he goes to st. petersburg in september. the white house is now getting sketchy whether he's going to make that trip so it's on the schedule but why do you get sketchy, make moscow think maybe we need to give these guys something. this relationship was heading south and the snowden so saga has sent it into the cesspool. >> it is easy to criticize the administration's approach from the outside. the question remains what more can america do to make russia play nice? >> they've cop convinced some latin-american countries to take the government papers with scrutiny. other people even said kate don't go to the g-2
doesn't lindsey graham have a point though? >> it's not going to happen. the united states is most unlikely unless something else disastrous in this relationship has happened to boycott the olympics. there is increasing deterioration of this relationship. president obama was going to reset the ties with russia. things are worse over the snowden saga. the olympics was one lever the administration has and the president is scheduled to go to moscow before he goes to st. petersburg in...
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then there are some republicans, like lindsey graham, who are trying to get things done. the fact that the house republicans can work their will mean that it will be a messy couple of months ahead of us. >> aldi 20% of the house republican seats -- only 20% of the house republican seats smals in it. payoffe is no politically. >> there is no payoff politically. you can racially gerrymander, but not forever. >> as an aside, i do not think george bush is gifted with infallibility. i think he was absolutely wrong about the war in iraq, which my colleague on the right -- on the left, depending on your perspective -- supported so enthusiastically. i do think he understands, as the governor of texas and president of the united states, i always admired and respected his position on this. republicans in the house think locked ina majority the future because of the redistricting. the democrats thought the same thing between 1968 and 1990, and house, theye white lost 82 electoral votes in that election. but they kept the house of representatives. if they are going to be a national p
then there are some republicans, like lindsey graham, who are trying to get things done. the fact that the house republicans can work their will mean that it will be a messy couple of months ahead of us. >> aldi 20% of the house republican seats -- only 20% of the house republican seats smals in it. payoffe is no politically. >> there is no payoff politically. you can racially gerrymander, but not forever. >> as an aside, i do not think george bush is gifted with...
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the tone was harsher from senator lindsey graham. who said america should consider boycotting the olympic games next year. >> i love the olympics, but i don't like what the russian government is doing. >> that suggestion was rebuked by many people, including the u.s. olympic committee spokesman who tweeted, boycotts don't work in the '80s. simon marks let me hear from him, i work for jimmy carter as a speech writer. i don't think i liked it, i didn't say at the time i was loyal. i think once you start skipping owe limb bigs because you don't like politics you ruin the olympic games. >> i think there's truth to that, chris. i would say, nobody thinks realistically the united states is going to boycott the olympics. the mere threat to do it, the mere suggestion that it might become a debating point in the united states does hit vladimir putin in a place where it hurts. he has poured millions of dollars into that city in southern russia to get things ready for the olympic games. it was a city that needed millions of dollars in developme
the tone was harsher from senator lindsey graham. who said america should consider boycotting the olympic games next year. >> i love the olympics, but i don't like what the russian government is doing. >> that suggestion was rebuked by many people, including the u.s. olympic committee spokesman who tweeted, boycotts don't work in the '80s. simon marks let me hear from him, i work for jimmy carter as a speech writer. i don't think i liked it, i didn't say at the time i was loyal. i...
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senators, lindsey graham and john mccain, within the coming days. pressure on this government to include all political forces including the muslim brotherhood in dialogue and reconciliation, but at the moment, that is not happening. >> there has been a dramatic increase in civilian casualties in afghanistan. a new un report says the number of civilians wounded or killed has risen by almost 25% compared with last year. it suggests insurgents are taking advantage of nato troops withdrawing in order to retake lost territory. i spoke with the former american ambassador to afghanistan. this does not bode well for the future of the country, does it? >> very disturbing, especially when you look at the number of women and children killed, the percentage has gone up by over 35%. thatems that in the areas the coalition is leaving, there is an increased effort by the taliban to take over, using indiscriminate methods. disturbing and shocking report. >> what does it suggest for long-term stability of the country? >> it indicates that the fight for the future of
senators, lindsey graham and john mccain, within the coming days. pressure on this government to include all political forces including the muslim brotherhood in dialogue and reconciliation, but at the moment, that is not happening. >> there has been a dramatic increase in civilian casualties in afghanistan. a new un report says the number of civilians wounded or killed has risen by almost 25% compared with last year. it suggests insurgents are taking advantage of nato troops withdrawing...
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the fact that john mccain and lindsey graham are working with the white house, if you will, and democrats on filibusters would seem to be a point of hope but if immigration reform fails, which is the most substantive piece of legislation we can hope for in the next four years, what are the implications for president and the congress? >> there are two ways this can go. to underscore something annie said, if we care about the impact of immigration reform, we should increase the minimum wage. i don't understand why they're not talking about that which is very popular across a lot of lines. if immigration reform goes down, it is a defeat for the president, but there's a big however, which is why he went on spanish language television. if the republicans take a big hit in 2014, if the hispanic group says you stop this from happening, we are going to have this happen in virginia we're having next fall, then a defeat for the president could turn into a defeat for the republicans. it's a two-stage thing. yes, it would be bad for the president but we'll see what happens in 2014. >> before we go, m
the fact that john mccain and lindsey graham are working with the white house, if you will, and democrats on filibusters would seem to be a point of hope but if immigration reform fails, which is the most substantive piece of legislation we can hope for in the next four years, what are the implications for president and the congress? >> there are two ways this can go. to underscore something annie said, if we care about the impact of immigration reform, we should increase the minimum...
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. >> republican senator lindsey graham says the u.s. should consider boycotting the winter olympics in russia next year if russia grants asylum to snowden. >>> the queen gives gay marriage her royal blessing today. the parliament passed a bill to legalize same-sex unions yesterday. queen elizabeth ii signed the bill into law before her trip to cambria today. marriages will begin next summer. scotland may make gay marriage legal by 2015. >>> barbie may be trading her dream house soon. the economic sign that she is losing popularity with doll fans around the world. >> and champagne dreams for a paypal user who found out he was the richest man on the planet. yes, it's a glitch. how paypal wants to make it up to him. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. we're seeing more sunshine around the bay area today. it is going to get hot in spots. we'll tell you when coming up. ,, (sir can-a-lot) good day, ma' lady. [muffled] i am sir can-a-lot. i am sir can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake
. >> republican senator lindsey graham says the u.s. should consider boycotting the winter olympics in russia next year if russia grants asylum to snowden. >>> the queen gives gay marriage her royal blessing today. the parliament passed a bill to legalize same-sex unions yesterday. queen elizabeth ii signed the bill into law before her trip to cambria today. marriages will begin next summer. scotland may make gay marriage legal by 2015. >>> barbie may be trading her...
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republican senator john mccain and lindsey graham are opposed to cutting aid to egypt. at the request of president obama, mccain and graham plan to visit egypt next week. to meet with military leaders who oppose mohamed morsi. the message, it's important to move forward with new elections and a return to civilian rule. >>> well, congress begins its summer recess this weekend. today president obama travels to capitol hill. he'll meet with democratic lawmakers the day after his latest offer of grand bargain to cut the deficit was dismissed by republicans. susan mcginnis has more. >>> president obama heads to capitol hill today to make sure democrats are on the sage page before battling it out with republicans next month. >> as washington heads toward another budget debate, the stakes couldn't be hired. >> when congressinonal members return after labor day, they face a big problem. they're among a group of republicans who say they won't approve any new budget if it includes one thing. >> we all know that the government's going to get funded. the only question is whether th
republican senator john mccain and lindsey graham are opposed to cutting aid to egypt. at the request of president obama, mccain and graham plan to visit egypt next week. to meet with military leaders who oppose mohamed morsi. the message, it's important to move forward with new elections and a return to civilian rule. >>> well, congress begins its summer recess this weekend. today president obama travels to capitol hill. he'll meet with democratic lawmakers the day after his latest...
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republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina says the u.s. should consider boycotting next february's winter olympics in sochi, russia. >> i love the olympics, but i hate what the russian government is doing throughout the world. i don't know if putting the olympics on the table is the right answer, but i do know this, what we're doing is not working. >> but senator graham is getting pushback from a powerful republican colleague. >> i love senator graham. we've been close friends for 20 years, but i think he's dead wrong. listen, why would we want to punish u.s. athletes who have been training for three years to compete in the olympics over a traitor who can't find a place to call home? >> in 1980, the u.s. led a 65-nation boycott of the moscow olympics in protest of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. the soviet union then boycotted the los angeles summer games in 1984. as for snowden, his russian lawyer says he now could leave the moscow airport where he's been stranded for more than three weeks. >>> well, coming up, our "news nation" gut c
republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina says the u.s. should consider boycotting next february's winter olympics in sochi, russia. >> i love the olympics, but i hate what the russian government is doing throughout the world. i don't know if putting the olympics on the table is the right answer, but i do know this, what we're doing is not working. >> but senator graham is getting pushback from a powerful republican colleague. >> i love senator graham. we've been...
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now cbs news apparently is saying that lindsey graham told their folks on the hill that they have very good lead on who is responsible for benghazi. 10 months later no one has been held accountable. >> yes. bill: if there are good leads, if these reports are true that some of these suspects are sitting around in coffee shops in benghazi, why have we not taken action? what would explain that? >> that is a very good question. fox has been reporting for weeks we actually know the names of nearly a couple dozen of the people who participated in the attacks but we can't get access to them. from everything that i understand the situation on the ground is so unstable there that the fbi is basically reluctant to send people in to get these guys. one would think that you could find a way to stablize the situation, if it were made a priority from the top of the administration down. if people at the fbi and elsewhere were told, we want to get these guys, we want to hold them responsible, this is important to us. that is not happening apparently. bill: if, if. steve, thank you. steve hayes. we'll
now cbs news apparently is saying that lindsey graham told their folks on the hill that they have very good lead on who is responsible for benghazi. 10 months later no one has been held accountable. >> yes. bill: if there are good leads, if these reports are true that some of these suspects are sitting around in coffee shops in benghazi, why have we not taken action? what would explain that? >> that is a very good question. fox has been reporting for weeks we actually know the names...
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and lindsey graham wants tonight consider a boycott of the russianen olympics next year if putin grants edward snowden asylum. finally why so many people are angry with this cover on the rolling stone. i think i'm angry. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. "rollin about the zimmerman trial pr here she is, she spoke yesterday in a stump like speech to delta sig mag that's sorority. here's what she said about the death of trayvon martin. >> my prayers are with the martin family. and with every people in loves someone who is lost to violence. no mother, no father, should ever have to fear for their child walking down a street in the united states of america. >> looking strong. hillary clinton there. we'll be right back after this. . . and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other p
and lindsey graham wants tonight consider a boycott of the russianen olympics next year if putin grants edward snowden asylum. finally why so many people are angry with this cover on the rolling stone. i think i'm angry. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. "rollin about the zimmerman...
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meantime, republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham set to travel to egypt next week at the president, president obama's, request. nbc's ayman mohyeldin joins us live from cairo. ayman, what is the latest now that we know that the military may move those folks out. >> reporter: it is really a very ominous sign that many people here think is a sign that the situation is coming to a head. as you mentioned today, the egyptian cabinet had a vote and they decided to describe the situation as a national security threat and gave the minister of interior the green light to break the two protests, the major two protests belonging to the supporters of the ousted president. a short time after that, the country's ministry of interior told the associated press that this is likely to happen over a gradual period of time, first beginning with warnings and ultimatums, and possibly security forces moving in, using tears go, and ultimately acting if self-defense if they need to. some of the speculation has been that these protesters have been armed, some have been concealing weapons and the s
meantime, republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham set to travel to egypt next week at the president, president obama's, request. nbc's ayman mohyeldin joins us live from cairo. ayman, what is the latest now that we know that the military may move those folks out. >> reporter: it is really a very ominous sign that many people here think is a sign that the situation is coming to a head. as you mentioned today, the egyptian cabinet had a vote and they decided to describe the...
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according to the political blog the hill, lindsey graham of south carolina says boycotting the games would send a signal to russia if they harbor snowden. game are to begin in february. during the cold war the u.s. boycotted 1980 summer games in moscow. four years later, russia boycotted summer games in los angeles. >>> the royal baby wait continues. no one knows exactly when, we do know what will happen when the duchess of came britain goes into labor. ke kensington palace will announce without warning via e-mail. >> hundreds of years ago it was the courtiers waiting outside the birthing chamber. you've got the media fulfilling that role, crowded outside st. mary's hospital. >> once the baby comes, the queen and other senior royals, duchess' family and prime minister must be informed before a public announcement is made. a signed medical bulletin announcing birth will be driven through streets of london under careful watch from the hospital to buckingham palace. the bulletin placed on the same easel used to announce prince william's birth 31 years ago. celebratory shots fired from t
according to the political blog the hill, lindsey graham of south carolina says boycotting the games would send a signal to russia if they harbor snowden. game are to begin in february. during the cold war the u.s. boycotted 1980 summer games in moscow. four years later, russia boycotted summer games in los angeles. >>> the royal baby wait continues. no one knows exactly when, we do know what will happen when the duchess of came britain goes into labor. ke kensington palace will...
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i mean, lindsey graham is somebody who wants to go to war with every country that he can find on the globe practically, so the idea he's threatening russia shouldn't come as any surprise. all russia is doing in this case is protecting mr. snowden's human rights from the government of the united states that wants to persecute him. >> does snowden have regrets giving up his life here in the united states? >> it's amazing, he -- that's, to me, the most surprising thing about this case from the beginning. i mean, here's a 29-year-old kid. he had a life that most people would envy. a longtime girlfriend. living in hawaii. stable career. a lucrative paycheck. he said to me from the beginning that he understood he was risking prison for the rest of his life, but felt compelled that he couldn't in good conscience allow this to be done to the privacy rights of fell he americans without them knowing it's being done so they can take action. i've never seen him waiver from that resolve as he's undergone a intense and high pressure situation over the past month. he's tranquil and at peace with th
i mean, lindsey graham is somebody who wants to go to war with every country that he can find on the globe practically, so the idea he's threatening russia shouldn't come as any surprise. all russia is doing in this case is protecting mr. snowden's human rights from the government of the united states that wants to persecute him. >> does snowden have regrets giving up his life here in the united states? >> it's amazing, he -- that's, to me, the most surprising thing about this case...
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john mccain and lindsey graham have previously been critical of president obama's foreign policy. the e.u. foreign policy chief visited on tuesday. protesters calling for the release of the deposed president mohamed morsi have marched to the intense -- intelligence headquarters. joining me is the professor from political science from cairo university. welcome to al jazeera, sir. nice to have you on the program. >> my pleasure. >> we've seen the e.u. foreign policy chief come and go and now we've got two senior american politicians arriving. what can they add to this political mix? that hasn't already been achieved by what the e.u. hopefully tried to do? >> this means that the united states and europe is very much interested by what is going on because the stability of the region is of great concern for both europe and the united states. so they are listening very carefully to what all the parties could say, so everybody can have a chance to assist exactly what is going on and to listen directly from the concerned parties. i do believe there is some hope after the visit that she wa
john mccain and lindsey graham have previously been critical of president obama's foreign policy. the e.u. foreign policy chief visited on tuesday. protesters calling for the release of the deposed president mohamed morsi have marched to the intense -- intelligence headquarters. joining me is the professor from political science from cairo university. welcome to al jazeera, sir. nice to have you on the program. >> my pleasure. >> we've seen the e.u. foreign policy chief come and go...
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senator lindsey graham gets his way. the south carolina republican wants the u.s. to consider boycotting the 2014 sochi games if russia gives asylum to edward snowden. >>> michele bachmann is fighting an investigation into her 2012 presidential campaign finances. >>> and maybe he's trying to pump up his cred, but florida congressman trey radel live tweeted his review of the new jay-z album. it's thick and with solid beats. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. and speaking of a man who knows solid beats, i'm joined now by bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. >> the heat? >> it's here to stay until about the weekend. i think by monday everyone will be clear but, i mean, acs are humming. i walked in at 3:00 a.m., the bank thermometers said 87 degrees. 3:00 a.m. all of the pavement that holds the heat in from the day, some are cooler, yesterday's high about half to 3/4 of the country was 90 degrees plus and pretty much everyone in the east. there was a cool feature on the weather map continues to be the swirl that i have the arrow pointed to over
senator lindsey graham gets his way. the south carolina republican wants the u.s. to consider boycotting the 2014 sochi games if russia gives asylum to edward snowden. >>> michele bachmann is fighting an investigation into her 2012 presidential campaign finances. >>> and maybe he's trying to pump up his cred, but florida congressman trey radel live tweeted his review of the new jay-z album. it's thick and with solid beats. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics....
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i'm proud to be joined by lindsey graham who worked on this legislation together a long time ago and our other colleagues. we have four democrats and for republicans introducing this legislation and they are blumenthal amy klobuchar johnny isakson john tester roy blunt is on his way and kelly ayotte could not make it today. so yesterday we enjoyed a nice big bipartisan breakthrough in the senate as democrats and republicans came together and reach an agreement to allow the presence nominees to go forward. we saw the senate at its best. reasonable people from both parties willing to come together to find common ground. that is how the senate should work and that is the way things get done. that is why i'm very proud to be standing here with another group of colleagues from both sides of the aisle to announce that as a group we will be pushing for tough new media shield bill that will make the department of justice guidelines the law of the land and go even further than the guidelines to ensure the proper balance between national security and freedom of the press. the administration ha
i'm proud to be joined by lindsey graham who worked on this legislation together a long time ago and our other colleagues. we have four democrats and for republicans introducing this legislation and they are blumenthal amy klobuchar johnny isakson john tester roy blunt is on his way and kelly ayotte could not make it today. so yesterday we enjoyed a nice big bipartisan breakthrough in the senate as democrats and republicans came together and reach an agreement to allow the presence nominees to...
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republican senator lindsey graham even suggested the u.s. consider a boycott of next year's winter olympics in russia. >>> in great britain, the expectations are getting greater by the hour, as the world anticipates the birth of the royal baby pretty much any time now. even the queen herself had something to say about the timing. nbc's kate snow is in london tonight, watching and waiting, along with everybody else. and kate, i understand that is the hospital behind you where we will know something at some point. >> reporter: it is, brian. and about all we know right now is that at some point, kate middleton, the duchess of cambridge, will come to this hospital and give birth to a baby. what we don't know is where she and the prince are at this hour, or, indeed, her exact due date. and even the queen is getting anxious. in northern england this morning, 10-year-old faye beatty asked the queen an important question. >> i asked her whether she would like kate's baby to be a boy or girl. >> reporter: the queen's reply? >> i don't i mind. i'm goi
republican senator lindsey graham even suggested the u.s. consider a boycott of next year's winter olympics in russia. >>> in great britain, the expectations are getting greater by the hour, as the world anticipates the birth of the royal baby pretty much any time now. even the queen herself had something to say about the timing. nbc's kate snow is in london tonight, watching and waiting, along with everybody else. and kate, i understand that is the hospital behind you where we will...
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i had chuck schumer on the show yesterday and he said he understood lindsey graham's call. he wasn't ready to support it but he wasn't ready to rule it out. lindsey graham called for another idea that may be more feasible here which is the united states boycott the g-20, which takes place in st. petersburg, russia. when they say fall travel plans what was on the schedule was two stops with the president before he got to st. petersburg for a g-20 meeting one on one in moscow with putin. it appears the moscow part of the trip has been cancelled. do they cancel the entire trip as a way of snubbing him a little bit, and, you know, i do get a sense that the growing sort of frustration with the putin and the fact that the united states is sort of never reacted, he pokes, he pokes, he pokes and obama has never snapped back. i think this time he might. >> cancelling, steve kornacki, would certainly ratchet up bad relations but i think it's obvious they are already there. >> to me there's almost this -- important implications that the u.s./russian relationship but a side show aspect
i had chuck schumer on the show yesterday and he said he understood lindsey graham's call. he wasn't ready to support it but he wasn't ready to rule it out. lindsey graham called for another idea that may be more feasible here which is the united states boycott the g-20, which takes place in st. petersburg, russia. when they say fall travel plans what was on the schedule was two stops with the president before he got to st. petersburg for a g-20 meeting one on one in moscow with putin. it...
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republican senators lindsey graham and john mccain also oppose the bill. >>> asian-american advocates urge asian families to apply for visas before it's too late. kpix 5 reporter linda yee explains the sibling visa that may soon be no more. >>> reporter: she used to go online regularly to check her sister's visa status. she petitioned to move her sister here from china more than a decade ago. >> it will be good for me because a majority of my families are in china so i think if i can have my sister here that would be great. >> reporter: congress is proposing to ease that backlog by eliminating some categories of family visas. u.s. citizens would no longer be able to petition siblings and parents could not sponsor adult married children over age 31. >> it means honestly that a lot of family plans are destroyed, just to put it bluntly. >> reporter: immigration attorney jesse lloyd says it's the nastier side of reform. >> they are essentially reducing the line by reducing the number of people who can be in it which isn't fair, sort of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but it is a
republican senators lindsey graham and john mccain also oppose the bill. >>> asian-american advocates urge asian families to apply for visas before it's too late. kpix 5 reporter linda yee explains the sibling visa that may soon be no more. >>> reporter: she used to go online regularly to check her sister's visa status. she petitioned to move her sister here from china more than a decade ago. >> it will be good for me because a majority of my families are in china so i...
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graham floated the idea of the united states boycotting the olympics in russia in the state department is accused russia of providing a propaganda platform distorted with just about thirty seconds left how is moscow reacting to some of those talk. right world present we don't see this in this ongoing saga russia's role as humanitarian and the actions that are taken should not be regarded as hostile towards the united states he actually said that mr snowden's actions were in defense of human rights now president putin said that human rights work usually bear some costs for those who are involved in it and when this work is done under the auspices of the united states government now with us financial and political support as quite acceptable. but when someone criticize washington the situation becomes more complicated but again he said that it's all these actions that are taking place now in russia should not be considered hostile towards the united states thanks for the report that was our key correspondent. from moscow. moving on now from where in the world is edward snowden to what we
graham floated the idea of the united states boycotting the olympics in russia in the state department is accused russia of providing a propaganda platform distorted with just about thirty seconds left how is moscow reacting to some of those talk. right world present we don't see this in this ongoing saga russia's role as humanitarian and the actions that are taken should not be regarded as hostile towards the united states he actually said that mr snowden's actions were in defense of human...
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cbs news has just found out that president obama is sending senator lindsey graham and senator john mccain here next week to really emphasize that hessage and also to try to convey to the military the importance of handing over control to a civilian government as soon as possible. ews.chieffer: that is news. thank you very much, clarissa. secretary of state john kerry is hoping to put middle east peace talks on the fast track. today negotiators for the israelis and palestinians met with the president and vice president in the oval office. kerry said they've agreed to meet again within two weeks. agreants a comprehensive peace preement within nine months. home prices reach record highs in a couple of major cities. why are thousands of dead fish ead other marine life washing up in the gulf of mexico? and there he goes. an inmate escapes. we've got it on tape. when the cbs evening news continues. nows continues. the next powerful storm is going to hit... but it will... that's why there's a new duracell battery. introducing duracell quantum. with its high density core, it's a quantum leap in b
cbs news has just found out that president obama is sending senator lindsey graham and senator john mccain here next week to really emphasize that hessage and also to try to convey to the military the importance of handing over control to a civilian government as soon as possible. ews.chieffer: that is news. thank you very much, clarissa. secretary of state john kerry is hoping to put middle east peace talks on the fast track. today negotiators for the israelis and palestinians met with the...
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graham slipped up earlier this year by putting one number on record four thousand seven hundred human beings part of the number could be much higher on top of the death count that we know of the white house recently admitted to having killed four u.s. citizens which they argue were justified by the threat they pose to the u.s. but don't expect any explanation as to what those threats entails see the white house is still denying requests to give any justification for one of the most inexplicable assassinations that of sixteen year old american citizen. a walking. you may remember his father anwar the first u.s. citizen that was targeted and killed by a drone on september thirtieth two thousand and eleven why well all we know is the fact that he gave anti-american sermons despite repeated accusations against anwar for terrorism he was never charged with a crime it was never any court review of his criminal wrongdoing and said he was robbed of his constitutional rights and executed by his own government but his son sixteen year old abdul hum was not killed in the same drone strike as his
graham slipped up earlier this year by putting one number on record four thousand seven hundred human beings part of the number could be much higher on top of the death count that we know of the white house recently admitted to having killed four u.s. citizens which they argue were justified by the threat they pose to the u.s. but don't expect any explanation as to what those threats entails see the white house is still denying requests to give any justification for one of the most inexplicable...
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lindsey graham is not conservative enough. bob bennett wasn't conservative enough. that's how we wound up with mike lee. christine o'donnell is talking about running again. >> seriously? >> yes. >> stephanie: charlie, it's interesting -- there are some pieces in "the daily beast" but really that is going to be the big story, how this whole tea party thing plays out. >> i think it has played out. they are driving the train right now. steve king is driving immigration reform in the house. he is it. they are the people who are going to determine whether republicans get immigration reform or not, and they are not going to get it because there is nobody controlling these people. there are so many independent power centers now, that you can be a successful politician and have nothing to do with the republican party. nobody can discipline these people. except marcus maybe. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. tomasky writes about the case for ted cruz that he could be their nominee in 2016 if they continue this rush to the tea party right, correct? >> i think he could set up a repu
lindsey graham is not conservative enough. bob bennett wasn't conservative enough. that's how we wound up with mike lee. christine o'donnell is talking about running again. >> seriously? >> yes. >> stephanie: charlie, it's interesting -- there are some pieces in "the daily beast" but really that is going to be the big story, how this whole tea party thing plays out. >> i think it has played out. they are driving the train right now. steve king is driving...